It's time for Microsoft to kill Windows Phone 7.8. If they're going to take this long to do anything or say anything about it, than it's a lost cause. Kill it off, and focus 100% on Windows Phone 8.

For many, they have either A) Upgraded to WP8, or B) Moved to a new platform. Eitherway, this project has to be the worst I've seen come from Redmond in a very long time. There's nothing to it other than a few trinkets heard here and there. No project updates, no release dates, and no feature sets other than the new Start Screen. It's vapoureware plain and simple.

There's simply no reason this couldn't have been delivered to customers shortly after WP8 devices went on sale.

I for one surely want 7.8 on my Lumia 800. Will breathe few more months of life in it till the next upgrade. They did however played cruelty card on the WP7.x users and consumers.

I want 7.8 on my Titan II too, but I get my upgrade the end of the month. 7.8 is wasted on this Windows Phone user at this point. I can't help but think who else it's wasted on by this point. All my friends who owned Windows Phones all have WP8 devices now, so it's wasted on them too.

I dunno. You think? (Honest question) Personally, I think by this point it's a lost cause, with many already having got their upgrade, or will be getting it soon. Better for Microsoft just to focus on WP8, and getting updates for that out the door on time.

Microsoft aren't making it just for people like us with the ability to upgrade our phones at a whim, they are doing it for people who have the device and are stuck with it, for people who want a lower end/price device and end up with WP7.x (See the Indian market).

So it's a no go for some people, that doesn't make it useless in totalis.

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This also means you haven't been coming up to speed with the updates on WP8. Portico is out the door already. It's not being held up for development reasons, they are holding off on it for third party reasons. Not much Microsoft can do about that :\

Still beyond ****ed off that I am waiting for an update that people in the US have, but such is life >.>

It seemed I would never reach a point of agreeing with you Dot, but I've reached that point .

The way Microsoft handled the Windows Phone 7 end of life is no less than a disappointing fiasco. WP7.8 should have launched alongside Windows Phone 8. What it brings to the table is so small I honestly feel its only true intention was to trick existing WP7 users into thinking they had WP8. Allowing the average consumer to not feel burned when they are seeing all of the Windows Phone 8 adverts in the media.

All of that is lost now since we're many many months past WP8 officially going on sale and still lack a definitive date or road map for this update.

I agree with the assertion that many have probably already upgraded or jumped ship who care about this update. I have already moved to Android for the first time and so have many of my friends, or they are planning to.

Since it brings essentially nothing, but a new Start Screen to WP7 I can't really see the point for the excessive delays, honestly.

I won't be getting a wp8 phone til July. What about me? One of my coworkers loves his 900 in August and is excited for 7.8, what about him? Just because you don't see a use for it doesn't mean a use doesn't exist.

Personally, I've still got 6 months left before I'm entitled to a free upgrade, and I'm pretty sure there are a **** load of people that got their phone after I did. It is still being sold to this day, right? (lumia 800).

Never said they should die in a fire, but judging by the silence surrounding this update, something sure happened to them. Lol.

I won't be getting a wp8 phone til July. What about me? One of my coworkers loves his 900 in August and is excited for 7.8, what about him? Just because you don't see a use for it doesn't mean a use doesn't exist.

So, in your case, you'd have 7.8 for all of a few months before getting your upgrade. Your coworker actually has a case, but sounds as if he is in a tiny minority among WP users.

Whether MS wants to roll out 7.8 or not, it still ultimately has to go through the carriers. Since carriers like for people to get new phones with service contracts attached, keeping WP7 alive is not in their best interest. So they may have collectively decided to either put insufficient resources toward 7.8 or to kill it altogether.

i am soo ****ed off at ms over the 7.x fiasco, not only does my lumia 900 not get wp8, but 7.8 is a weak update that does not even bring ****ing background voip. the ff camera on my 900 is useless with out voip. ill use my 900 for a few more months, but i have already decided to switch over to android, **** this bull****. at least with android i can load a custom rom and play mkv's nativley.